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Period of 3sin(7πn/5 + π/2)

Calculate the fundamental period and fundamental frequency of the periodic signal x[n] = 3 sin((7π/5)n + π/2)

x[n]=3sin⁡(7π5n+π2)x[n] = 3\sin\left(\frac{7\pi}{5}n + \frac{\pi}{2}\right), with ω0=7π5\omega_0 = \frac{7\pi}{5}.

Check periodicity:

ω02π=7π/52π=710(rational, so periodic)\frac{\omega_0}{2\pi} = \frac{7\pi/5}{2\pi} = \frac{7}{10} \quad\text{(rational, so periodic)}

Fundamental period:

N=2πmω0=2πm7π/5=10m7N = \frac{2\pi m}{\omega_0} = \frac{2\pi m}{7\pi/5} = \frac{10m}{7}

The smallest integer NN is obtained with m=7m = 7:

N=10 samplesN = 10 \text{ samples}

Fundamental frequency:

ω=2πN=2π10=π5 rad/sample,f=1N=110=0.1 cycles/sample\omega = \frac{2\pi}{N} = \frac{2\pi}{10} = \frac{\pi}{5}\ \text{rad/sample}, \qquad f = \frac{1}{N} = \frac{1}{10} = 0.1\ \text{cycles/sample}

Check: x[n+10]=3sin⁡(7π5n+14π+π2)=x[n]x[n+10] = 3\sin\left(\frac{7\pi}{5}n + 14\pi + \frac{\pi}{2}\right) = x[n] since 14π14\pi is a multiple of 2π2\pi. The phase π/2\pi/2 does not affect the period.

Answer: N=10N = 10, fundamental frequency π/5\pi/5 rad/sample (0.1 cycles/sample).

✓ Answer checked by Claude Opus 5.5 (high effort)

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